The West African
Examinations Council, WAEC,
says it plans to reduce the
waiting days for the release
of its West African Senior
School Certificates
Examination (WASSCE)
results to 60 days.
The Head of National Office
of WAEC in Nigeria, Olu
Adenipekun, told the News
Agency of Nigeria that the
waiting days will now be 60
days as against 90 days
previously.
Mr. Adenipekun spoke with
NAN on the side-line of the
council’s 65th anniversary
celebration which began on
Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, the
development is one of such
steps being taken by the
council to meet its mandate
of delivering quality service
to all stakeholders.
“All hands must be on deck to
ensure that the innovation,
tagged: `Project 60’, is
effective from this year.
“For sometimes now, we
normally use about 90 days,
from the day of the last paper
of the examination to release
the result.
“For the past 15 months,
when I assumed office as the
HNO in Nigeria, we have
been working to reduce that
`waiting period’ by 50 per
cent.
“This is what initially brought
about what we had also called
`Project 45’ but we want to
take it gradually,” Mr.
Adenipekun said.
He told NAN that for the 2017 May/June
WASSCE, which is about to start, the
intention of the board was to release the
result within 60 to 65 days.
“So, this is how we came about ‘Project
60’; and in the coming years, the council
will talk about `Project 45’,” he said.
He added that council was hoping that in
the next two years, it would be able to
release results of its examinations within
45 days after the last paper is taken.
On whether the development was tied to
the JAMB’s insistence that candidates
should make their WASSCE results
available as prerequisite for admissions,
the HNO said that it was not meant to
address any issue.
Mr. Adenipekun noted that one of the
major objectives for introducing project
60 was to reposition the council and
portray it as an organisation that was
delivering its mandate.
According to him, WAEC should also be
seen as being always ready to review its
operations and delivery time.
“This may also come as good news for
our current SSS 3 students, who are
about to write the 2017 WASSCE.
“Basically there is need for our SSS 3
students to be happy because they are
our principal stakeholders.
“I am sure reducing the waiting period
will even make them happier,” he said.
(NAN)
The West African
Examinations Council, WAEC,
says it plans to reduce the
waiting days for the release
of its West African Senior
School Certificates
Examination (WASSCE)
results to 60 days.
The Head of National Office
of WAEC in Nigeria, Olu
Adenipekun, told the News
Agency of Nigeria that the
waiting days will now be 60
days as against 90 days
previously.
Mr. Adenipekun spoke with
NAN on the side-line of the
council’s 65th anniversary
celebration which began on
Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, the
development is one of such
steps being taken by the
council to meet its mandate
of delivering quality service
to all stakeholders.
“All hands must be on deck to
ensure that the innovation,
tagged: `Project 60’, is
effective from this year.
“For sometimes now, we
normally use about 90 days,
from the day of the last paper
of the examination to release
the result.
“For the past 15 months,
when I assumed office as the
HNO in Nigeria, we have
been working to reduce that
`waiting period’ by 50 per
cent.
“This is what initially brought
about what we had also called
`Project 45’ but we want to
take it gradually,” Mr.
Adenipekun said.
He told NAN that for the 2017 May/June
WASSCE, which is about to start, the
intention of the board was to release the
result within 60 to 65 days.
“So, this is how we came about ‘Project
60’; and in the coming years, the council
will talk about `Project 45’,” he said.
He added that council was hoping that in
the next two years, it would be able to
release results of its examinations within
45 days after the last paper is taken.
On whether the development was tied to
the JAMB’s insistence that candidates
should make their WASSCE results
available as prerequisite for admissions,
the HNO said that it was not meant to
address any issue.
Mr. Adenipekun noted that one of the
major objectives for introducing project
60 was to reposition the council and
portray it as an organisation that was
delivering its mandate.
According to him, WAEC should also be
seen as being always ready to review its
operations and delivery time.
“This may also come as good news for
our current SSS 3 students, who are
about to write the 2017 WASSCE.
“Basically there is need for our SSS 3
students to be happy because they are
our principal stakeholders.
“I am sure reducing the waiting period
will even make them happier,” he said.
(NAN)
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